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Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (5 Feb 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: It seems there is.

Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (5 Feb 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister's answer is that he will not apply one.

Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (5 Feb 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: What about the industrial civil servants?

Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (5 Feb 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: What about credit lines?

Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (5 Feb 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Are credit facilities outside of the traditional banking system being contemplated?

Proposed Legislation. (5 Feb 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 8: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if and when he will introduce regulations in regard to election postering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3906/09]

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (5 Feb 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 27: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in the normal course of events, all members of the board of the Private Residential Tenancies Board are appointed to the dispute resolution committee; if the two persons illegally appointed to the board were at any stage appointed to the DRC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3905/09]

Order of Business (10 Feb 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: I refer to the Bill to implement the pension levy. Has the Taoiseach given regard to the torrent of correspondence sent directly to his office, only a fraction of which, I suspect, has been copied to us? Has the Taoiseach given any regard to alleviating the burden on people on modest and low incomes, given the detailed personal histories outlined in many of those e-mails, before the Bill is...

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (10 Feb 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he took at EU level in respect of the gas supply dispute between Russia and Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4544/09]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (10 Feb 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on reports of a stimulus package from the EU proposal for rural broadband projects; if this fund will help the areas currently unable to get broadband but that are also not covered by the national broadband scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4543/09]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (10 Feb 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 459: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding will be allocated to South Dublin County Council for an infill housing scheme (details supplied) in Dublin 14; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4458/09]

Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Does the Taoiseach agree that it is now urgent that this House establish an all-party commission on banking which would investigate recent events and make recommendations on the future conduct of banking in Ireland, in the interest of the country's reputation?

Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Are there not a whole——

Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: There are a whole number of different issues causing widespread concern among the public. If this House has a role, surely it ought to be examining the implications of what has come into the public domain in recent months——

Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: ——and not just yesterday. This House ought to put a number of Deputies who know something about banking on a commission which would investigate these issues and make recommendations for the future. We will end up like Reykjavik if we allow things to proceed——

Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: ——as they are proceeding at the moment.

Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: There are an awful lot of people out there——

Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Yes, I will remember that. We have been responsible on this side of the House, but if the Minister were to look at the e-mails and other representations we are getting——

Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: ——he would see the concerns that are abroad about people's jobs and homes.

Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: We need a banking system that works. This House showed before, in the DIRT inquiry, that it has the capacity to examine these issues and make recommendations about future conduct. I ask the Taoiseach to consider that seriously. I cannot see any downside to it. The people expect no less of us.